The Chronic Life

CHARACTERS: a Black Madonna, the widow of a
Basque officer, a Chechnyan refugee, a Rumanian housewife, a Danish
lawyer, a rock musician from the Faroe Islands, a Colombian boy
searching for his father disappeared in Europe, an Italian street
violinist, two mercenaries.

The Chronic Life takes place in various European
countries in 2031, after the Third Civil War. Groups and
individuals converge, challenging each other over their diverging
dreams, disappointments and hopes. A boy from Latin America
arrives, seeking his father, who has inexplicably
disappeared. "Stop searching for your father" people tell him
while escorting him from door to door.

The boy is not saved by knowledge or innocence. Rather, a
newfound ignorance leads him to his door. All this takes
place to the bewilderment of all of us, who no longer believe the
unbelievable: that a single victim's life is beyond value, is worth
more than God.